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Major Mexican drug boss gets 25 years in super-secret federal sentencing

By Douglas A. Berman

An interesting super-secret sentencing proceeding took place earlier this week as reported in this Houston Chronicle article from yesterday, which is headlined "Drug cartel chief sentenced in secrecy," and this New York Times article today, which is headlined "Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 25 Years in Secret Hearing."  Here is the start of the NYT coverage: One of the most brutal and feared drug kingpins in Mexican history was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison during a highly secretive hearing here that was closed to the public to protect the lives of everyone involved, according to a court transcript unsealed Thursday. Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the head of the Gulf Cartel, which controls much of the cocaine traffic across the border in South Texas, has agreed to cooperate with the federal government, according to the transcript...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).